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Recent Examples of casually
My doctors didn’t choose it casually.
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Payton Herres, STAT, 19 May 2026
What the Research Found About Stigma and Language The team behind the change did not arrive at PMOS casually.
—Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 19 May 2026
Attach either side to the collar of a cardigan or light jacket to keep it casually draped over the shoulders for a chic cape effect.
—Kelsey Legg, ABC News, 18 May 2026
Yet people who casually imagine themselves clocking the president and walking away victorious are clearly not experiencing themselves as helpless.
—Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026
Bloody consequences ensue before it’s casually revealed that everyone gets to make one wish on the One Wish Willow, which actually comes true.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 16 May 2026
The idea to repurpose the dress first came to Ivy after a conversation with one of her best friends, who casually mentioned turning an old bridesmaid dress into something meaningful for a future child.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
Pages chucked the ball back to shortstop Mookie Betts, and Betts casually flipped the ball to second baseman Miguel Rojas to complete the inning-ending double play.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 14 May 2026
This is not something most organizations should try to stand up casually or in a hurry.
—Manny Khan, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
Payton Herres, STAT, 19 May 2026
What the Research Found About Stigma and Language The team behind the change did not arrive at PMOS casually.
—Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 19 May 2026
Attach either side to the collar of a cardigan or light jacket to keep it casually draped over the shoulders for a chic cape effect.
—Kelsey Legg, ABC News, 18 May 2026
Yet people who casually imagine themselves clocking the president and walking away victorious are clearly not experiencing themselves as helpless.
—Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026
Bloody consequences ensue before it’s casually revealed that everyone gets to make one wish on the One Wish Willow, which actually comes true.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 16 May 2026
The idea to repurpose the dress first came to Ivy after a conversation with one of her best friends, who casually mentioned turning an old bridesmaid dress into something meaningful for a future child.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
Pages chucked the ball back to shortstop Mookie Betts, and Betts casually flipped the ball to second baseman Miguel Rojas to complete the inning-ending double play.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 14 May 2026
This is not something most organizations should try to stand up casually or in a hurry.
—Manny Khan, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for casually
Adverb
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When Tel received the ball in his own half a couple of minutes later and lost it carelessly, there were a few groans from the home fans.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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During the pavilion’s preview, a brief but loud protest led by Russian dissident disruptors Pussy Riot and the Ukrainian feminist group FEMEN might have been the most exciting thing to happen at the underwhelming and carelessly presented group show of live performance and video art.—
Fiona Sinclair Scott,
CNN Money,
9 May 2026
Adverb
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Instead, the conversation tends to play out informally, among audiences and peers.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
15 May 2026
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Before the Twenty-fifth, Presidents had informally handed over power to the Vice-President during medical issues or temporary absences, but always voluntarily.—
Diego Lasarte,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
Adverb
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America is offhandedly disregarding science.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
15 May 2026
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Sometimes, Academy Award-winning actress Sandra Bullock will offhandedly give you career advice.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
28 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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According to Mavares, investigators then arbitrarily selected which officers would remain detained.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
11 May 2026
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The constitutional principle behind that decision – that citizenship is a fundamental right which can’t be arbitrarily taken away by whoever happens to be in power – applies equally to how the government handles denaturalization cases today.—
Cassandra Burke Robertson,
The Conversation,
24 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Innate defenses include everything from physical barriers—skin, mucous, gastric acid—to immune cells that can indiscriminately gobble invaders, as well as chemical signals that can swiftly ignite generic inflammation.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
15 May 2026
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The sounds grew louder, and soon armed and masked men were swarming the village, setting its straw huts on fire and indiscriminately shooting villagers.—
Annie Hylton,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
Adverb
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No landlord would allow an occupant to change his property without approval, let alone whimsically destroy a third of it.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Apr. 2026
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Something this rare — this pink, this whimsically named — had been thriving just steps away from a local community, entirely unrecognized until the survey team went out to look.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Political factions are steered by big personalities, and politicians jump promiscuously between parties.—
BEN BLAND,
Foreign Affairs,
13 Feb. 2024
Adverb
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Permits that are granted and withdrawn capriciously, tax credits that come and go, technologies that fall in or out of favor in successive administrations, and endless legal battles all amount to dangerous barriers to investment.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
16 Apr. 2026
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That standard would uphold the NCAA’s interpretation of the waiver rule so long as the NCAA didn’t act arbitrarily or capriciously, either of which is difficult to show.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Casually.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/casually. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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